A Borough Park rabbi with COVID-19 led a five-hour indoor service with hundreds of people, according to sources

Saturday October 10, 2020 [Advertisement: Click this link to learn more about geologie; the three time award winning personalized skincare for men]( ADVERTISEMENT [COVID-Positive Rabbi Held Large Indoor Service In Borough Park, Congregants Say]( [Inside the Bobov-45 synagogue in Borough Park on Friday]( ["Unethical and just crazy": For five hours on Friday, roughly 300 people, almost none of them wearing masks, gathered inside the Bobov-45 synagogue on 14th Avenue, according to a person in the room.]( [Advertisement: Click this link to learn more about geologie; the three time award winning personalized skincare for men]( ADVERTISEMENT ICYMI: More Stories From Today [New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, and president of the United Federation of Teachers Michael Mulgrew announcing a new contract in 2014 at City Hall.]( [Arbitrator Rules Public School Teachers Get Half Of Delayed Backpay By End Of October]( The other half is expected in July. [Photograph of Jim Dwyer wearing a sport coat with his arms crossed outside a building]( [Remembering Jim Dwyer, Columnist And Conscience Of New York]( He appreciated the energy and irreverence of the tabs as much as the next hardboiled New Yorker but sensationalism was not at all his thing. [Outside the NYPD's 79th Precinct in Bed-Stuy.]( [NYPD Detains Black Lives Matter Activists For More Than 30 Hours On Low-Level Charges]( “They literally threw their constitutional rights in the garbage and had no problem doing that.” [A picture of Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church in Flatbush, which is in an orange zone and faces limits on number of attendees.]( [More Religious Leaders Seek Restraining Orders Against Cuomo's Limits On Gatherings]( "It is a blatant violation of our clients’ right to the free exercise of religion under the First Amendment," said a lawyer from the Thomas More Society. [98d6a9e40.jpeg]( [Iconic, Near Century-Old Roosevelt Hotel Will Close At The End Of October]( Employees reportedly learned about the closure through social media. [A woman wearing a helmet and face mask on a scooter on a path]( [Coronavirus Updates: COVID-19 Cases In Brooklyn's Red Zone Drops As Queens Sees An Uptick]( The overall rate of infection when combining all red zones is 4.95%. [Chinatown five alarm fire]( [Museum Of Chinese In America Brings Home 85,000-Item Archives After Devastating Fire]( The homecoming also allows the museum to celebrate its 40th anniversary in a year marked by the pandemic, rising anti-Asian sentiment, and financial crisis of the city and one of its most iconic neighborhoods. [Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland.]( [Coronavirus Statistics: Tracking The Epidemic In New York]( These charts show the growth of COVID-19 in New York City and State, as well as in NYC boroughs. [Advertisement: Click this link to learn more about geologie; the three time award winning personalized skincare for men]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} from this list](    [update subscription preferences]( New York Public Radio · 160 Varick Street · New York, NY 10013 · USA